I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
QUINCY JONESPrince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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